Rising to Power and Fortune in Ancient Times

[Lots of Original Worldbuilding] [Female-to-Male Transmigration] [Career-Focused] [Family-Oriented] >>>> Yue Yao, a village resident secretary suffering from stomach cancer, passes away. When she wakes up, she has become Le Yao, a county magistrate in a poor county in a remote prefecture of the Great Xing Dynasty. She has gone from a woman to a man, gained a wife and children to care for, and must also protect the people under his charge. First, set a five-year plan and tackle it in three stages... His grand ambitions are interrupted by the growling of his stomach. Looking at the food in front of him, he learns that people here eat at most twice a day. Maybe he should start by making sure they have enough to eat and wear! No powerful backer! No money! No golden finger! A strange place and a hellish start from the start. How can he turn things around? The county office's subordinates are all banding together? Tsk! Take them on one by one and turn enemies into allies! The wealthy landowners and gentry are hiding land and households from the authorities? Oh! Tempt them with profit and use disasters to put pressure on them! The people can't eat their fill or survive the winter, and droughts and floods are constant? Phew! Cut taxes and grain levies to help the people, have officials and merchants work together to fund flood-control and drought-relief projects, and encourage people to reclaim land and build houses with tax exemptions! He's making too many moves, and the neighboring county magistrate writes to him? Huh! Whatever the reason, if he's come to you of his own accord, it can only be a good thing. Cross-county restaurants, postal stations, official newspapers... Let's work together for shared prosperity! A traveling scholar thinks he's been "snubbed" and is badmouthing him everywhere? Um! The wealthy landowners and gentry open their purses to build elementary schools and literacy classes. There's not enough local talent, so bring in people from elsewhere with hefty salaries. An escort transporting grain a thousand li has suffered casualties, and the prefect is worried and asks for a solution? Ha! The devil may be a foot taller, but the way is a yard taller. There's a solution to everything. Here are three detailed strategies, from best to worst. Take your pick! [Le Yao's Five-Year Plan] 1. Turn poor, backward An'nan into a place everyone longs to visit. 2. Turn Qianzhou, the lowest-ranked prefecture, into a land of fish and rice. 3. Turn the impoverished and weakened Great Xing into a prosperous nation with a strong people. 4. Turn the war-torn New Dynasty into a realm where all lands submit. Special edition of the Great Xing Official Gazette: An Interview with a Legend What is "Le Yao" like in your eyes? Le clan members: A glory to the family! His first wife, Ji Yun: A man of his word! His son and daughter: A loving father! Wealthy landowners and gentry: Full of cunning schemes! Everyone at the county office: Spends money like water! The people of An'nan: Loves the people like his own children! Nan Chang County Magistrate: A good person! Jin Jian County Magistrate: Poor! Qianzhou Prefect: A capable right-hand man! Civil officials at court: Reeks of money! Military officials at court: A brilliant strategist! The new emperor: A pillar of the state and my indispensable right hand! Afterword: He spent his life working for the people's well-being, and the name of Minister Le is known throughout the land. New novel: The Cannon Fodder Merchant's Daughter Reads Minds and Changes Her Fate. The Dog Emperor wants my money and my person... um, head! Theme: Be strict with officials and generous toward the people.